Aristea africana
Ina (Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:55:46 PDT)
Ahh, I don't know why I couldn't find it before. So it has a rhizome.
Thank you Ernie. I was also sent a lovely photo of them flowering in
the Berkeley Botanical Gardens. Nice little plant.
It sure looks happy where it is. So will keep an eye on the seeds,
thanks for pointing that out.
Ina
On 14/09/2012 11:37 a.m., pelarg@aol.com wrote:
There are pics on the net and in the pbs site, it is not a bulb at all, but rather a short iris like plant with thin wiry roots. It is quite common in the western Cape in South Africa, needs sun and well drained soil. The blue flowers appear in late winter/spring and it sets lots of seeds if happy.
Ernie DeMarie
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Ina Crossley
Auckland New Zealand Zone 10